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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm being told that there is a pecking order at Penn that is felt by the kids and wider world. as in, "You went to Penn? Wharton?" "No, I was in the college of arts and sciences." "Oh never mind"

I'm older so that's def not my experience. Penn is Penn.

But is there a feeling currently on campus that kids in CAS are second tier citizens?[/quote]

My son is a current sophomore at Penn Engineering. The engineering students think all of the Wharton students are "bricks." From their point of view the classes are too easy and they tend to poke fun. My son took a few classes at Wharton (law and another business related class) and liked it, but they weren't hard. I do think the vibe is that the Wharton kids think of themselves as top of the food chain so to speak. CAS seems to get no love at all. [/quote]
My Engineer agrees. Wharton classes are known to be easy. SEAS kids are known as the smartest and also have the hardest classes and have higher starting salaries than Wharton. [/quote]

Actually, the kids I am most impressed by are the M&T kids who combine Wharton and Engineering.

You have a very engineering-centric view of the world. The "I'm an engineer and I work harder and gain practical skills" mentality is very FOTB and short sighted. Engineering is very demanding and impressive but suffering through it does not make your kid a better person. Nor does it make them a worse person. But the mindset you seem to be demonstrating is the type that takes your kid to the top engineering job (which is impressive) but not the C-suite.[/quote]

The top engineering jobs are developers of new technologies: typically startup founders and/or heads of research labs, whether public or private, medically-based or non. It is not all about the money but the best money is often at the forefront of development. Wharton kids on average are not that level. That is why engineers from elite schools are lately in more demand thab undergrad business degrees from elites. [/quote]

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